Remington
Feminine
Remington is given to both — 10,118 girls and 23,977 boys since 1880. See Remington as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Remington began as a place in the north of England, became a family name, and then crossed the Atlantic and turned into a first name — the same journey Harrison and Everett made. Three syllables that land squarely on the first, with a familiar spelling most Americans have read on a typewriter or a rifle case long before they met a child wearing it.
How old is the name Remington?
Remington first appears in US birth records in 1988 — 37 years ago. The typical Remington is a kid of about 6 — this name's wave is very recent. About 10,000 people named Remington are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Remington most popular?
Remington peaked in 2021, reaching #347 nationally. Today it ranks #511, 164 places below that high. See the whole 2021 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Rimington (Lancashire place name) to Remington
The story of Remington
The trail starts with a small settlement in Lancashire, named for its position on a boundary — the edge of one holding, the beginning of another. Families who came from there carried the place with them as a surname, and the surname sailed to North America, where it attached itself to two enterprises that made it a household word: the arms company founded by Eliphalet Remington in 1816, and the writing machine sold under the Remington name from the 1870s, the one that gave the world the QWERTY keyboard. American parents have long borrowed surnames like this for first names, and Remington joined that current relatively late, along with Sullivan, Emerson and Beckett. Its use as a given name is genuinely recent; its use as a name is centuries old.
Meaning
from an English place name: 'farmstead by the boundary stream'
The place is Rimington in Lancashire, built from Old English rima, 'rim, edge, border', and tūn, 'farmstead, settlement'. As with almost all surname-names, the meaning belongs to the village, not to any quality of a person.
How the name formed
- RimingtonLancashire place name
- RemingtonEnglish surname
- RemingtonAmerican given name
Pronouncing Remington
REM-ing-tun
Stress on the first syllable. There is only one pronunciation in English, and the spelling gives it away, so it is rarely said wrong.
Nicknames for Remington
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What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1988
- Most girls named
- 2021897 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #347reached in 2021
- Change vs 2024
- −2.7%580 in 2025, from 596
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Remington in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Ohio.
Remingtons among us
people named Remington are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 2,771 born in 2025 was named Remington
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Hollie test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Remington's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Hollie climbed just as high around 1983, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Hollie's path sketches the road Remington is walking now.
Remington sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Remington is headed
Remington should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Remington beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Remington in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The spelling is already familiar to nearly every American adult from the typewriter and firearms brands, so it is almost never misspelled or mispronounced.
- Comes with ready-made short forms — Remi, Remy, Rem — each of which works on its own as a full name.
- Works for a boy or a girl without alteration, in the same way surname-names like Harper and Emerson do.
- A documented English place and surname history going back centuries, behind a first-name use that is comparatively new.
- The firearms company is the strongest association the name carries for many adults, and some people will mention it. Others will think of the typewriter first, or of nothing in particular. Worth knowing that the connection exists rather than meeting it by surprise.
- It leans toward boys but is genuinely given to girls too, so the name alone will not always tell a teacher or a form-filler which is which. The smaller side of that split is the one likelier to be assumed wrong.
- Ten letters and three syllables is a lot for a young child to write, and Remi or Rem will probably do most of the daily work — which is fine, but it means choosing a short form you can live with as well.
- Its wave as a first name is recent, so a Remington will mostly meet adults who know the surname and children who know no other Remington.
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Frequently asked
- How many Remingtons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 10,000 people named Remington are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Remington in 2025?
- Remington ranks #511 among US girl names in 2025, with 580 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Remington?
- About 1 in every 2,771 US girls born in 2025 was named Remington — 580 in all.
- Will my child share the name Remington with classmates?
- Remington will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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